Federal prosecutors in Manhattan want another chance to convict Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm, asking a judge to schedule a retrial this October on two criminal counts where jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision last year.

The request, filed Monday in the Southern District of New York, would reopen one of the most consequential legal battles over the boundaries of software development and criminal liability in the cryptocurrency industry. 

The case centers on Tornado Cash, a decentralized crypto mixer designed to obscure the origin and destination of blockchain transactions.

Prosecutors argue the tool enabled large-scale illicit finance. Storm and his supporters argue the…

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